Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-10-21
LABoR's CAUSE.
The Knights Of Labor in Annual
General Assembly at Minne-
apOlis.
Speech of the General Master Workman
His Temperance and Immigra-
ton Views

There was an unusually large attendance
OF delegates at the General Assembly of
the knights of Labor at Minneapolis,
Mimi. Mayor Ames delivered an address
OF welcome and Richard Grittiths re-
sponded.
A. A. Carleton, of the General Execu-
tive Board, spoke particularly of the growth
of the order, and said it would appear
when the reports were all in that the order
was not going to pieces, but was in reality
stronger than ever. He declared that so
long as the many We're deprived of their
rightful share of the products of their toll,
the order would have work to do.
Ralph Beaumont of New York said the
work of the Knights of Labor had Just be-
gun, and predicted that if the order should
go down Il grander and stronger organiZa-
ton would take its place.
Richard Trevellick made short speech
pledging the order to the support OF Amer
lean principles and American institutions.
John w. Hayes, Secretary of the Gen.
eral Executive Board, said:
1t is quite generally understood that the Order
OF Knights OF Labor is in much poorer condi-
ton than it was year ago. financially and 9TH
erwise. That is u mistake; we are in q much
better condition. At the Richmond convention
we had about 7O2, oO) i'll the organization. That
was all. But there We're upward of $4,000 who
We're not in good standing i'll the convention.
This year General Secretary Litchmans report
will show that there are $780, OJ in the organiza-
ton AID every one in good standing. This will
be much better showing than last year. Sec
Rotary Litchman, during the past year, has
ment OF dues: But great many of them have
come back. Those now in the order are album
dainty able to pay up: That's tho kind of q
showing we want to make.
General Master Workman Powderlys
address on "The World as Knighthood
Would Make 1t, was received with I'M
bounded enthusiasm. 1t was brief but
spirited. Among other things he said
Men say the knights can never attain what is
aimed at i'll their declaration OF principles.
Then they go to church and pray for better
things than the knights ever dreamed Of.
gold. The men who pray that this earth be
made as the kingdom of heaven would deny US
place in legislative halls. These places are
not the kingdom of heaven. The men who
make these prayers lie whom they make them.
They nre hypocr.tes. The Knights of Labor re-
spect the law. and they intend to take hand
How many mllionnires are there in this room
tonight? Not one. Well, how many men and
women of moderate nouns? would not ask
you to stand up, for that would get you all on
your feet. We intend to educate our people so
that they will be able to go there They should
be educated SO that they will be able and fit to
not Il partisan organization but III the true
of the word il is political organization.
The man who studies with us will be able to
vote intellisenty; if he is not there is some
thing wrong with his head. We are IN organ
ization Nothing is still but u corpse.
We have kickers.' When one bad man kicks
there are q thousand good men nnd women to
resent that kick say oil hull to the kickersl
have been taken to task on q few things.
l want to say d few things on immigration.
1t has been charged that did not favor inmi-
grafton. 1t is Il mistuke. am of foreign birth
myself l not born early enough TO keep
my father from coming to this country. would
not have done SO if l could I have no objec-
ton to foreign immigration. I favor it, Every
land grant company his it's INN grafton agents.
They bring i'll all manner OF foreigners. If one
OF these poor creatureR raises his hand not
against law, for lie knows none, but against
what he sees just before him he is called an
anarchist and is punished, while the who
loaded these poor creatures on this country 60
scot free. Ihase anarchy and 1 hnte anarchists.